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Nancy Dollar
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Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon - Beautiful Boy 1980).
I love Aotearoa.
God Defend Te Tiriti!
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lostarcnz.bsky.social
Luxon's not entirely wrong. We DO need to consider what assets we have and how best to manage them. In general, my viewpoint is that if it is critical infrastructure that we would be in serious trouble if it failed (eg NZ Railways), we shouldn't consider selling. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco...
Luxon calls for 'mature' conversation on asset recycling, Hipkins pledges to hold on to all state assets
The debate between political opponents was sparked by a new Treasury report.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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paullecomtephoto.nz
You only restructure on a scale this big to save money, you don't fire 140 people because they were sitting on their hands doing nothing.

The Xmas layoffs have come a little early in NZ
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
nancydollar.bsky.social
How could 36 emails sent to Police Minister have been secretly diverted by police staff in his office to the Commissioner’s office?!
All such emails would have first gone through the Minister's own admin staff who should alert the Office Manager/Snr Pvt Sec to any alarming ones!
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Perfectly put!
foxylustygrover.bsky.social Foxy Santa @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2d
Luxon: It's perfectly normal for a coalition partner to be slagging us off, saying Nats can't manage the economy, have driven the country right offa a cliff. I'd only expect Winston Peters to say I'm a useless shite with the leadership skills of a flea and that my head looks like sweat
#NZPol
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them

Andrea Vance
November 9, 2025

Vance at her perfectly cynical but utterly empathetic best #NZPol
1/3 link in thread
Opinion Auckland Culture Sport Puzzles Sunday Star-Times Regions While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them Andrea Vance Andrea Vance November 9, 2025 Share Play Video 1:45 Christopher Luxon makes promise about homeless in CBD VIDEO CREDIT: David White Andrea Vance is National Affairs Editor for The Post and Sunday Star-Times. OPINION: It’s the poverty, stupid. And yet the Government seems oblivious - perhaps wilfully so - to why more people are sleeping rough. Auckland’s rough sleeper numbers have doubled in six months. The same pattern is emerging in Christchurch and Wellington. It’s no mystery, nor is it a law-and-order problem. Try a collapsing economy, policies that make it harder to get emergency accommodation, a housing system that punishes the poor while rewarding investors, overwhelmed food banks and mental health failures. The problem isn’t anti-social behaviour - it’s that people can’t afford homes. And yet. This Government’s solution is to move the symptoms out of sight. Ministers are mulling ways to move on rough sleepers from Auckland’s city centre. Property owner, landlord and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon thinks the streets look bedraggled and with the City Rail Link and the convention centre about to open, he needs the city to “look its best.” At the same time, Tourism New Zealand is spending $6.3 million to bring the Michelin Guide to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown. Officials think the gourmet stars will light up the economy by drawing an estimated 36,000 high-spending tourists to our shores. The government is moving fast: clearing the slums for the sommeliers. Last week, Police Minister Mark Mitchell and Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed work is under way to empower law enforcement – police, Māori Wardens, or other agents – to ask homeless people to move on from public spaces. Luxon insisted no Cabinet decisions have been made. But Mitchell, caught letting the cat out of the bag, confirmed that Goldsmith is drafting a bill with input from a retail advisory group. That group isn’t dominated by social workers or housing advocates; rather dairy owners, liquor store operators, Michael Hill managers, and lobbyists Retail NZ. Mitchell says the aim is to take them to a place of safety. But funding cuts means that place doesn’t exist. Emergency housing is full and mental health and addiction services are stretched. I get the political calculation. A move on law is easy to sell: a tidy fix to make inner cities feel safer and more orderly, with just enough punitive scapegoat-ery to satisfy the base. It’s the kind of cheap idea governments turn too when they’ve run out of them. Like the policy that kicks in this month, targeting young people, the very demographic hardest hit by unemployment. From November 2026, many 18-and 19-year-olds will be ineligible for Jobseeker Support if their parents earn above $65,529 a year. It’s meant to incentivise them to find work, despite youth unemployment hitting 15.2% and the NEET rate rising to 13.8%. The policy could affect over 4,000 teenagers. The logic is perverse. The Government punishes young people for being unemployed while presiding over an economy that cannot generate enough full-time work. Meanwhile, rents – at least on paper – are finally softening. (Although, Median weekly rents remain eye-watering: $650 in Auckland, $567 in Wellington, $532 in Christchurch.) But rents aren’t falling isn’t because we’re all suddenly feeling flush. It’s largely a result of young people leaving cities, a cooling rental market, and slow wage growth. Even with tiny dips, the vast majority of people struggling to find shelter cannot suddenly afford a home.
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
nancydollar.bsky.social
OMG Plur1bus on Apple is simply too good!
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
A lovely obit about a lovely man. He'll be greatly missed.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Winemaker Tim Finn a man who left a ‘legacy of excellence’
Obituary: For most people, the direction we take in life is influenced by someone who opens your eyes to the uniqueness of something we may have had a passing interest in. For Neil Hodgson, that perso...
www.thepress.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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queenoliviaiii.com
Petition of Bevan O’Connor: Withdraw the Regulatory Standards Bill because nearly every submission opposed it, yet you know this Government plans to pass it anyway. Please sign and share widely.

petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Even Cameron Bagley said it was a good idea!! 👏 👏 👏
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
One for @foxylustygrover.bsky.social 😉
October 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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clintfern.bsky.social
It's great they've picked the much loved and trusted JuCo to do this.

Otherwise people might just dismiss this as vindictive ranting.
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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queenoliviaiii.com

via https://queenoliviastredfern.tumblr.com/post/796531128389517312
The image contains an English nursery rhyme from circa 1764. The rhyme criticizes the social and legal inequalities of the time, highlighting how harsh punishments are given to common people for minor thefts, while those in power face no consequences for taking more significant resources.
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Just look at the police line defending Luxon in Dunedin.
Meanwhile crimes are up, they can't even recruit 30 of the promised 500 new cops,police don't even bother to investigate over 5000 retail crimes & a raging meth & cocaine crisis goes ignored #nzpol Photo courtesy @petesi.me
October 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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brucebuckman.bsky.social
Doctors cross ethical line says man who raised speed limits for no reason despite extensive evidence it would lead to more injuries and death.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike
There were audible cries of disbelief during the Simeon Brown's speech to a senior doctors' conference.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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paullecomtephoto.nz
Given he lied his arse off about talking to 'craft brewers' recently revealed in an OIA, someone should ask in an OIA how many specific complaints had he actually received, all of them from Hoggarts wife isn't valid d
robdickinson.bsky.social Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 28d
"inundated with complaints, we've had 24 complaints specifically about the regulations on home based cake makers"

So.. 24 complaints ( from who, over what timeline?) is enough for us to ditch basic health and safety on food items?

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government to loosen rules for home-based cake makers
It's promising to make it cheaper and easier for hobby bakers to sell their goods.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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chewienz.bsky.social
SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Those of us who don't have a Post subscription thank you Foxy!
foxylustygrover.bsky.social Foxy Santa @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · Oct 14
The Post Freshwater Strategy Poll #NZPol 1/2

National⬇️31% (a 7 point drop since the election)
Labour↔️34%
NZ First⬆️11%
Greens 9%
ACT 9%
Te Pāti Māori 3%

Preferred prime minister
Chris Hipkins 45%
Christopher Luxon 36%

Remember what I said about the TV One Poll?
It is true that polls move around and the 1 News Kantar Poll had National on a generous 34%. But it is understood that the National Party’s internal polling have the party much closer to the 30% level - 31% on a good week and in the 20’s on a bad one. The Taxpayers’ Union Curia Research Poll had National on 29% last week. Curia also does the National Party’s polling, so no surprises there. For the PM to be lagging the leader of a party that only got a bit over a quarter of the vote in the last election is unprecedented. Mind you, Luxon is wont to say that he is doing things differently. Wheezing at the sarcasm
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Way to go Wellington! 👏 👏
coupdegraz7.bsky.social coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · Oct 13
commsdeclare.org/2025/09/19/n... “In a landmark move, NZ’s Greater Wellington Regional Council has voted to ban fossil fuel advertising across the Metlink public transport network, which spans buses, trains, & ferries across the region.
This is NZ’s first #fossilfueladvertisingban…” #climate #NZpol
New Zealand’s historic first clean communications policy - Comms Declare
Greater Wellington council leads the way with sensible climate action, banning high emissions advertising from its transport.
commsdeclare.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Interviewing Robin Williams must have been a complete trip! 😂😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6D...
Robin Williams Last Appearance | Carson Tonight Show
YouTube video by Johnny Carson
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
People and businesses who thought they had it bad during Covid are finding out how it is during bad times when the government actually does abandon you. The differences couldn't be more stark #NZPol
October 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
nancydollar.bsky.social
Fireworks display on Wellington waterfront!
Is that you Andrew Little?
October 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
nancydollar.bsky.social
That little touch of the theme to Succession at the end is brilliant!
thejuicemedia.com the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · Oct 10
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
And it was not the intent of pilfering tens of billions from the pay equity fund, to meet the budget #NZPol
The Government’s policy change to make many 18- and 19-year-olds ineligible for the Jobseeker benefit will go a significant way to helping it meet its target of reducing the number of people on Jobseeker by 50,000. Social Development Minister Louise Upston said the intent of the policy was not to make it easier to meet the target (which has grown more difficult because Jobseeker numbers have risen instead of fallen since the target was set). However, she added that she did not intend to adjust the target to reflect the policy change, a move which would preserve the original ambition of the target. Upston did not say why she would not adjust the target.
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
It's unbelievable that this article

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

does not once mention the $12to$14Billion tax cut cost they are borrowing to cover, nor the Billions they stole from Pay Equity Fund #NZPol
Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on
Treasury has revealed the state of the Government’s finances and it shows we’re borrowing just to keep the lights on.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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queenoliviaiii.com
Wellington. please vote, the city needs you.
According to "Inner-City Wellington" it looks like only around 1 in 5 people have voted! I know you voted, but have you checked on your friends? Link to voting drop box locations.
Maybe a cheeky re-post too.

wellington.govt.nz/your-council...
Places to drop off your vote
Locations for orange voting bins and post boxes in Wellington.
wellington.govt.nz
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM